San Sebastián de los Reyes explained

San Sebastián de los Reyes
Nickname:Sanse, Pamplona chica
Settlement Type:Municipality
Flag Size:150px
Pushpin Map:Spain#Spain Community of Madrid
Pushpin Relief:1
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Spain
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Community of Madrid
Government Type:ayuntamiento
Leader Party:PP
Leader Title:Mayor
Leader Name:Lucia Soledad Fernandez Alonso
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:1492
Area Total Km2:59.26
Area Land Km2:59.26
Elevation M:730
Population As Of:2022
Population Total:91,083[1]
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:CET (GMT +1)
Timezone1 Dst:CEST (GMT +2)
Coordinates:40.5469°N -3.6258°W
Postal Code Type:Post code
Postal Code:28701-28703, 28706-28709
Area Code:+34 91
Website:http://www.ssreyes.org/

San Sebastián de los Reyes (pronounced as /es/, colloquially called "Sanse") is a municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain. Founded in 1492, it is located north of Madrid.

Geography

It forms an urban continuum with the neighboring Alcobendas,[2]

Transport

San Sebastián de los Reyes, having direct communication with the A-1 motorway, has a connection with several bus lines that connect the city with Madrid and several towns in the Sierra Norte of Madrid. This line buses, along with urban ones, are the following:

San Sebastián de los Reyes also shares a railway station with the neighboring municipality of Alcobendas. From this station you can go to the city of Madrid and to many other places such as Getafe or Parla.

Economy

Major industrial companies have branches in San Sebastián de los Reyes, including IKEA, Leroy Merlin, PC City, Selther, Carrefour, Alternate, Media Markt, Telepizza, Antena 3, and many more.

Game developer MercurySteam is based here.

Sport

The Jarama Circuit, located in the north of the municipality, hosted the Spanish Grand Prix and Spanish motorcycle Grand Prix between the 1960s and 1980s.A women's soccer team, Madrid CFF, plays in the Primera División (women) but it has not gone well for them there. They are from Madrid, but their stadium is in San Sebastián.

Town twinning

Notable people

Jorge Martin, 2024 MotoGP World Champion in the Grand Prix motorcycle racing championship.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Madrid: Población por municipios y sexo . www.ine.es . . 10 June 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230610084231/https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Datos.htm?t=2881 . 2023-06-10 . es-ES . live.
  2. Book: Díaz Pacheco, Jaime. Ciudad, territorio y paisaje: Reflexiones para un debate multidisciplinar . 243. El territorio como bien de consumo las grandes superficies comerciales en el contexto metropolitano y su implicación para el desarrollo urbano sostenible. Richard. Hewitt. Carlos Cornejo Nieto . Juan Morán Sáez . José Prada Trigo . 2010. 978-84-92943-28-9.
  3. Web site: Los jóvenes de Sanse visitan la ciudad hermana de Baunatal. Gente Digital. 27 September 2012.

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